do now: rewrite the following statement in language you would use at a fancy restaurant: example:...
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Do now:Rewrite the following statement in language you
would use at a fancy restaurant:
Example:
“Man, this shrimp nasty!”
might become:
“I don’t prefer the shrimp.”
“I can have some chicken?”
Objectives:
• SWBAT explain the usefulness of code-switching
• SWBAT explain the purpose of speaking in formal (or “standard”) English at school
Picnic vs. Fancy Restaurant
*Turn and talk: Why did we have your brainstorm these lists? How does it connect to formal and informal language?
Informal vs. Formal Language
Why do it matter? Why does it matter?
• “Language of Opportunity”• Job interviews• College• Daily work at your job• Formal writing
• PRACTICE is key to fluency.
What it might look/sound like at Dibert:
• A teacher says something like “Time and place” or “Let me hear that in a college-ready sentence.”
• A teacher asks you to say an answer again• A teacher repeats your answer back to you in a
questioning voice, “They don’t listen to they mama?” (They want you to say it in standard English.)
• A teacher circles an answer on your work and asks you to rewrite it in formal/standard English
What is the goal of insisting scholars speak and write in formal English?
• It is NOT to embarrass you.
• It is NOT because the way we may speak with our families and friends is wrong.
• It IS ONLY because the more “codes” you know, the more open the world is to you, the more successful you can be.
Exit Ticket:
Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1. What are two ways a teacher might remind you to use formal language?
2. Why do we do our best to speak in Standard English at school and work?